The Lake City Chamber Commerce will hold their 10th Annual Tour de Pepin bicycle tour of Lake Pepin. The tour’s start and completion is Lake City, Minn. The tour course will take bicyclists on a 32-mile, 50-mile, 72-mile or 100-mile ride. Participants of the 32 and 50-mile rides may also enjoy a paddleboat ride on Pearl of the Lake across Lake Pepin back to Lake City.

Organizers plan to attract more than 1,000 bicyclists this year!

The Tour de Pepin will mainly follow U.S. Highway 61 along the Minnesota side of Lake Pepin and U.S. Highway 35 on the Wisconsin side with rest stops in Maple Springs, Wabasha (MN) on to Wisconsin areas of Chippewa River, Pepin, Stockholm, Lake Pepin Overlook, and Bay City, then heading back into Minnesota at Red Wing, Goodhue, Frontenac and Lake City.

The course circles Lake Pepin, a widening of the Mississippi River. The rolling roads on either side of the lake and the bluff which surround the lake will offer bicyclist some of the most dramatic natural scenery in the Upper Midwest.

This non-competitive rain-or-shine outing is being planned to give bicyclists an enjoyable day out in a pleasant rural setting.

For more information visit us on-line at www.tourdepepin.com or call the Lake City Chamber of Commerce office at 651-345-4123.